The University of Arizona’s Think Tank provides a free service to students where they can have one-on-one sessions with certified tutors. The writing tutors, who are student workers, offer content-based tutoring as well as help with grammar and structure. These tutors work with students who make appointments and students who are in the graduate writing lab and are beginning to sit in on classes to provide specific tutoring.
On Oct. 20, the Think Tank Writing Center held a “Global Write Nite” where tutors helped students, especially international ones, with their writing needs. Daily Wildcat photographer Sam Potter attended the event and got a close-up look at the experience of working as a Think Tank writing tutor.
Connie Sun (right), a writing tutor for Think Tank, helps a student on a writing assignment at Global Write Nite in the UA Main Library on Oct. 20. Writing tutors help students at any level of writing; from English 101 papers to doctoral theses. As part of their tutoring, they do feedback loops, where they read and make comments on papers to return to students. Meetings are held both in person and on zoom.
